Shiroi (白井市, Shiroi-shi) is a city located in northern Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
As of April 2012, the city has an estimated population of 60,880 and a population density of 1720 persons per km². The total area was 35.41 km².
Shiroi is located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, roughly equidistant from central Tokyo and Narita International Airport.
Shiroi Village was created within Inba District, Chiba Prefecture on April 1, 1885. From shortly after World War II until the early 1960s Shiroi was the site of a United States Air Force Base (SHIROI AFB APO 73). Shiroi was elevated to town status on September 1, 1964. As the Japanese economy grew in the 1970s, many people moved from the country to the cities, and the growth of Tokyo sent many residents out to suburbs in the Kantō countryside. Shiroi's real growth began during this period: its rail connection to Chiba City was completed in 1979, and it was linked directly to the Tokyo railway network in 1991. Shiroi was elevated to city status on April 1, 2001
My father married a pure Cherokee
My mother's people were ashamed of me
The indians said I was white by law
The White Man always called me "Indian Squaw"
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
Half-breed, she's no good they warned
Both sides were against me since the day I was born
We never settled, went from town to town
When you're not welcome you don't hang around
The other children always laughed at me "Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee"
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame
My life since then has been from man to man